
Foreigners who have been living in Germany for years will be able to get a German passport faster. Until now they had to wait eight years to get a passport, in the future five will be enough.
Deutsche Welle in Albanian reports that in a draft law of the German coalition, it is said that the faster granting of citizenship would be "an incentive to integrate more quickly", according to ZDF.
According to the Minister of the Interior of Germany, Nancy Faeser (SPD), a faster integration is also possible. Those who have special achievements in integration can get German citizenship even after three years. This applies to those who speak German very well, achieve excellent results at work or engage in voluntary work.
Dual citizenship possible
Dual citizenship is also possible, according to the bill. It is about allowing some citizenships. "Many newcomers to Germany feel German, but they don't want to completely sever their relationship with their country of origin," said Faeser. In the future they will not be obliged to hand over a part of their identity.
Likewise, children born in Germany to foreign parents will obtain German citizenship more easily. The condition is that one of the parents has lived in Germany for at least five years.
Until now this condition was eight years. The politician for internal affairs of the CDU, Alexander Throm, criticized the government's reform, because with it "the risk increases, that people who are not integrated enough will get citizenship very quickly". An integration after three or five years is too early, said Throm. "Integration needs its own time."
"Good sign" - anti-Semitism is an exclusion criterion
The rules for faster integration through citizenship will not apply to those people who have caught the eye for anti-Semitic actions.
“Për të pasur siguri për këtë ne duam të forcojmë verifikimet dhe pyetje të sigurisë të personave që bëjnë kërkesë për nënshtetësi”, është shprehur drejtuesi grupit parlamentar të Partisë Liberale, FDP, Stephan Thomae për “ZDFheute”.
Kreu i Këshillit Qendror të Hebrenjve në Gjermani, Josef Schuster e mbështeti këtë rregullore. “E përshëndes shprehimisht”, tha ai. Një veprim antisemitist e ka penguar edhe më parë marrjen e nënshtetësisë, por që tani futet qartësisht në rregullore është një shenjë e mirë.
E Majta kritikon, që me këtë presupozohet sikur antisemitizmi është i importuar. Atë e gjen thellë edhe në Gjermani, ka thënë një zëdhënës i Të Majtës.
FDP kishte kërkuar një ashpërsim të rregullave. Sipas Stephan Thomae duhet të pengohen nënshtetësitë që “çimentojnë marrjen e asistencave sociale”.
Liberals demand that "those persons who can provide for themselves and their families should be granted citizenship." The regulations provide for exceptions for guest workers, "Gastarbeiter" and special cases of hardship.
The citizenship reform was foreseen in the coalition agreement. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the agreement reached in the government, the approvals in the German states begin./ DW